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Chapter XLIV

           

           ThiswasagreatdealbetterthantohavetotakeupthepentoacquaintherwithalltheparticularsoftheGrants’intendedjourney,forthepresentintelligencewasofanaturetopromiseoccupationforthepenformanydaystocome,beingnolessthanthedangerousillnessofhereldestson,ofwhichtheyhadreceivednoticebyexpressafewhoursbefore.

           TomhadgonefromLondonwithapartyofyoungmentoNewmarket,whereaneglectedfallandagooddealofdrinkinghadbroughtonafever;andwhenthepartybrokeup,beingunabletomove,hadbeenleftbyhimselfatthehouseofoneoftheseyoungmentothecomfortsofsicknessandsolitude,andtheattendanceonlyofservants.Insteadofbeingsoonwellenoughtofollowhisfriends,ashehadthenhoped,hisdisorderincreasedconsiderably,anditwasnotlongbeforehethoughtsoillofhimselfastobeasreadyashisphysiciantohavealetterdespatchedtoMansfield.

           “Thisdistressingintelligence,asyoumaysuppose,”observedherladyship,aftergivingthesubstanceofit,“hasagitatedusexceedingly,andwecannotpreventourselvesfrombeinggreatlyalarmedandapprehensiveforthepoorinvalid,whosestateSirThomasfearsmaybeverycritical;andEdmundkindlyproposesattendinghisbrotherimmediately,butIamhappytoaddthatSirThomaswillnotleavemeonthisdistressingoccasion,asitwouldbetootryingforme.

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